The ruling on distributing dates in the Eid prayer area before the prayer
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks about a phenomenon that has spread in the mosques during Eid, which is distributing dates before the Eid prayer, so that they may attain the virtue by eating the dates. Is this a sunnah, or is it an innovation?
Answer:
This is one of the actions of the youth, may Allah guide them. This was not practiced by the Salaf, nor do we know that they distributed dates in the prayer areas. It is established that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to eat before he went out; he would eat some dates before leaving his house. So the one who follows the sunnah eats when he leaves his house, not in the mosque. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks about a phenomenon that has spread in the mosques during Eid, which is distributing dates before the Eid prayer, so that they may attain the virtue by eating the dates. Is this a sunnah, or is it an innovation?
Answer:
This is one of the actions of the youth, may Allah guide them. This was not practiced by the Salaf, nor do we know that they distributed dates in the prayer areas. It is established that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to eat before he went out; he would eat some dates before leaving his house. So the one who follows the sunnah eats when he leaves his house, not in the mosque. Yes.
Source
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